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Contributing to this blog:
- "Dave" is Dave Barry, who is a humor columnist and presidential contender.
- "judi" is Judi Smith, who is Dave's Research Department, as well as being interested in men.
- "Walter" is Walter, a bone from the penis of a walrus.

November 11, 2004

THIS IS THE KIND OF LINK JUDI IS SUPPOSED TO POST

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The Princess Bride is very good.. for all the reasons El said... but Casablanca tops my list every time. This movie is brilliant... has a great plot, a beautiful love story, and so many subplots you have to keep track of.... and it's funny too!! All the cliches that people find in there are only cliches because the movie made them so popular.

Also Fred & Ginger type movies are great for miserable days when you're curled on the couch and can't do anything else... just escape. I was watching Royal Wedding one night.. and I was totally immersed in the unreality .. then my text message alert went off. I literally jumped several inches in the air... almost fell off the couch. Reality is scary.

Favorite movie? Memento. Weirdest darn thing I ever saw, took about 15 minutes to figure out that everything was playing backward. And if you didn't stay alert and actively think, you got lost. I love movies like that, where you have to do more than just sit back and stare.

I almost watched Armageddon once. Saw just enough of it to get some good lines, but missed the ending. Okay, I wouldn't say I exactly *missed* the ending... I just didn't watch it. I found that I couldn't care less what happened. But that's a *me* thing. There are many more movies that I don't like than those I do like. I don't go to the movies for the same reasons as everybody else, just like I don't listen to music or read books for the same reasons. Heck, I don't think I even cook for the same reasons. heh heh

In my mind there is a big difference between a list of the "best" of something and your "favorite" something. We had a discussion at work one time where we were trying to come up with the best rock albums of all time. When someone made a suggestion for the list, we would talk about it and ask questions to see if they really thought it was a "good" album or just one they liked a lot. The problem, of course, is that if someone likes it a lot, then it is good to him. I guess we were trying to distill it down to qualities that make an album good from a critical sense.

Good discussion, Lab - in the end it's pretty much subjective, don't you think? I guess in music though, for people who are educated in that regard, there are criteria - but even if an expert labels something "the best", if you don't enjoy it, what difference does it make?

BTW, there's a new Moat:
http://weblog.herald.com/column/davebarry/archives/014686.html

No offense, but I think it's kinda amusing that you'd try to come up with a list like that, despite the whole thing being based on personal tastes.

... Actually, from a musical standpoint, it IS possible. There are certain things that make the greats GREAT... in a way that even those that don't like it can acknowledge.

Its the same with anything, really. Yes, a lot of it IS subjective, but Lab was spot on with his appreciate v enjoy comment...

An easier way to look at it would be this: Ask anyone, and most people would say that Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Bach, Strauss and the like were Great ... History has been saying it... People know who they are even if they don't like Classical Music. They were musical genius', which is apparent even tot the untrained ear...
There are just so many options today when trying to decide that it seems overwhelming and impossible to try and say the __ Greatest ___ ... but time will tell. And the things that make bands like U2, Pink Floyd & Zepplin (to borrow from Lab's list) Great will rise to the top.

*Invoking the Lab& The Wench's Happy First Anniversary Rule*
This rule states that songs do not necessarily have to follow a theme (or any rules) if we are wishing our friends congratulations, good tidings or (not in this case but in case it ever comes up) commmiserations to our fellow Labbies .. So Happy Anniversary Lab and Wench. May you both live to be ancient, toothless and blissfully happy together.

Since I can't figure out whether to go with Eleanor's Say it Isn't So or Lab's TV (thought that wasn't strictly part of the game) I guess I could try to morph it into Say It Isn't So on the TV... or The TV Says Is Isn't So...

but I'm afraid I can't think about playing because... I'm sorry to have to be the one to break it to you... but...
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the Pope died. He is Very Very Dead. And even his World Tour is over.

OK.. the wedding is dead.. the Pope has joined Cher on the 538th leg of her Farewell tour (his death was just a rumour so that no one would notice him getting his groove on as one of Cher's dancing boys. Cher pays far more than the Vatican does.)

Neo .. until further notice, The Very Very Dead Pope (who now goes by his Yahoo ID "PosthumousPope05") is working as a stockboy (ahem... the PC police tell me that the correct word is stockperson or shelf stacker) at a Walmart in Kenosha. His knees couldn't take all the step-kick work it took to be a dancing boy for Cher.

and while that last attribute may not seem like a character reference, it points to his dedication to achieving perfection. If nothing else, the view of those buns bisected by a penguin thong .................. huh? I'm sorry.. were you saying something? I was a tad.. ummm... distracted. Yeah, that's it. Distracted.

*side note and totally unrelated to this song choice.. there's a song by Ronan Keating that I HATE WITH A PASSION. It's so grammatically incorrect that I just want to cry... I think I've mentioned it before, but it bears mentioning again*
Specific example...
Girl I'm on a mission
To cure my condition
Cos' without your kissin'
My heart's just a prison

Two totally unconnected thoughts. And he has a condition. I hope he took something for it. Neil Diamond would be proud of this sort of songwriting.

I also found a song that if you ever need it, feel free to use it. I may not be here when it comes into play, and it's a song for all Moaties really... so if you ever have the opportunity to use "South Street Rampart Parade", you really should. Fun fact.. it's #24 of the Top 40 Mardi Gras Songs.. it comes in 8 above "Ain't no Place to Pee on Mardi Gras Day".